DAIRY MARKETING

Taranaki Daily News, 24 December 1935, Page 4

DAIRY MARKETING

NAME FOR TARANAKI POOL DECISION OF DAIRY BOARD. DAILY NEWS COMPETITION. In connection with the Taranaki Daily News Christmas number a competition was conducted, in conjunction with the Dairy Board for a name or names for the Taranaki group or groups under the new pool marketing scheme. . The Dai.y News offered the first prize of two guineas, and five other prizes of one guinea each were offered by prominent people connected with the industry who desire to remain anonymous. The entries were forwarded on to the Dairy Board for adjudication, and the awards are now announced as follows:— First prize of £2 2s. —"Mountain Meauows,” J. C. Irving, Box 45, New Plymouth. Second prize of £1 Is.—“ Western Dairies,” H. B. Millar, c/o R. M. Skelton, Smart Road, Fitzroy. Third prize of £1 Is.—“ Golden Rays, Miss S. E. Mounsey, Setra Farm, Purangi. Fourth prize, £1 Is—“ Stands Alone, W. C. Green, Rahotu. Fifth prize, £1 Is.—“ Perfection Peak,” C. H. Courtney, Box 24, Eltham. Sixth prize, £1 Is.—“Pinnade,” R. HHenderson, 440 Gill Street, New Plymouth. In some cases illustrations for the group brand, incorporating the. suggested name, were forwarded with the entries, and in some cases they were not. In a report on the competition the board states that it hardly produced suggestions of the type hoped for, and there can be no definite undertaking that any of the entries will be accepted. All the suggestions will be forwarded on to the board’s London manager, with a request that he make; suggestions to the board after considering them. Express Train Filled. Thirteen carriages on the WellingtonNew Plymouth express train yesterday were filled. The size of the train required two locomotives. Civil Servants’ Cheques. It is understood that most civil servants will have a useful addition to their cheques this month when accumulated amounts of 5 per cent, each week since the wage cuts were restored will be included in the monthly payment. Preparing for Camp. The advance guard of the New Plymouth Y.W.CjA. camp went to Oakura at the week-end and put in useful “spade work.” With the help of Oakura members of the association the party erected tents and made general arrangements. Everything is now in readiness for the arrival of the main batch of campers on Thursday morning. Boys for the Y.M.C.A. camp “Abnaki” at Koru Pa will also leave New Plymouth on Thursday morning. s Interest in the Hospital. A man found wandering about the New Plymouth hospital grounds without his boots was detained by a young man on Sunday night. In reply to questions he said he was “having a look at” the additions to the nurses’ home. His boots were found where he had said they were but as there have been several complaints lately about persons prowling around these grounds late at night the police were sent for. Though no charges have been made investigations are proceeding. Skull Fractured. A serious accident at Pihama yesterday resulted in Hugh Matthews being admitted to the New Plymouth public hospital last night. Mr. Matthews was employed in cutting a high hedge when his companion, who was working immediately above him lost his grip on his slasher. The tool fell heavily on to Mr. Matthews forehead and he was knocked unconscious by the blow. He soon regained consciousness, however. He was sent to New Plymouth where an X-ray examination disclosed a compound fracture of the front of the skull. His condition late last night was reported to be satisfactory. Fast Work by Shearers. A total of 950 sheep for a nine-hour day comprised the work of three shearers at Mrs. W. J. Bremner’s farm at Ruanui, Wellington district, recently. The sheep shorn were heavy Romney ewes and the individual figures were:— W. Yendall 308, H. Hegh 329, G. Andrew 313. Yendall was the champion at the shearing contest which was held' at Taihape about 12 months ago. Hegh also competed at the contest. It is not known whether these shearers have established a shed record at Ruanui. Link With Queen Victoria. An interesting memento of a personal, association with the late Queen Victoria —a bronze .diamond jubilee medallion presented by Her Majesty to Miss Sarah Critchley, whose death occurred .at Dunedin recently—is in the possession of her relatives. On the occasion of the visit of the Prince of Wales to Dunedin in 1920 Miss Critchley, who was formerly a nurse on Queen Victoria’s estate at Osborne, showed the Prince a portrait of Queen Victoria taken with the four elder children of the present King and Queen. On looking at the photograph the Prince said: “I was too young to sign then, but I shall do so now,” and attached his signature to the portrait. First Auroa Public School. An interesting .relic of the early his-' tory of Auroa stands on Mr. A. C. Johnstone’s farm near the cow shed. Unfortunately it will have to b e demolished before very long. It is the first school, which was built well over 50 years ago, its dimensions being 20ft. x 12ft. Of this 14ft. x 12ft. was used for the school, while the remaining 6ft. x 12ft. was used as the teacher’s living apartment. The then teacher, Mr. Sargent, used to teach standing in the large open fireplace. The floor was made of matai and the walls from rimu. The lining of the building is even to-day in particularly good condition. Happy Children.

Happy, well-nourished children and adults of sound physique are two impressions which Dr. M. E. Fuche, a visitor to Christchurch from Berlin, has gained from his visit to New Zealand. He admired the country, he said, and the people in it much more than the landscape, beautiful though that was. The health of people in New Zealand he attributed mainly to the absence of slum conditions, and to one who had lived in both Germany and Italy and travelled the world, the New Zealand system of families living in houses of their own, however small, appealed greatly to him, he said. He was a student of economics, and had given some time to a study of the Dominion even before he arrived, and it was his opinion that although it had the same problem of unemployment as faced older countries, New Zealand would “develop out of it and come to great prosperity.” Have your suits, costumes, dresses renovated before Xmas. Suits and costumes double dry cleaned and pressed, 4/3. Felt hats 2/6. J. K. Hawkins and Co., corner Devon and Liardet Streets, New Plymouth. ’Phone 985.